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6 days ago · Notably, President Elpidio Quirino delivered his SONA from Maryland in the United States on January 1950 via live radio broadcast as he was then confined at a hospital in Baltimore. President Ferdinand Marcos was the first to deliver his SONA at the Batasang Pambansa, on June 1978.
4 days ago · Quirino's unprecedented radio broadcast Elpidio Quirino became the first and only Philippine president unable to physically appear before Congress to deliver his SONA. In 1950, while undergoing medical treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States, Quirino's SONA was broadcast live over the radio to Congress and the nation.
4 days ago · On Jan. 23, 1950, Elpidio Quirino delivered his second Sona from his hospital room at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. His Filipino audience back home heard him live on radio.
4 days ago · Jul 22, 2024, 7:39 am. PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered his third State of the Nation Address (Sona) at 4 p.m. Monday, July 22, 2024, The President arrived at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City at onboard a chopper at 3:35 p.m. He was greeted by top government officials, particularly Senate President Chiz Escudero and House Speaker ...
2 days ago · The first and only SONA that was not delivered face-to-face before Congress was that of President Elpidio Quirino when he was rushed to the John Hopkins Hospital in the US.
2 days ago · Ramon Magsaysay (7th President of the Philippines) – Magsaysay won in 1953 as the Candidate of the Nacionalista, although he was former Liberal member and in fact he served as President Quirino's Secretary of Department of National Defense.
3 days ago · Deeply discredited at home and abroad by his dubious electoral victory, Marcos held fast to his presidency as the Philippine military split between supporters of his and of Aquino’s legitimate right to the presidency.
